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Originally posted by Joe Burkleo:
Just getting by first round puts you in the top 50% of the cars there...lol

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Originally posted by J178RED:
Good Morning to all...here is much of what happened at NIGHT OF FIRE up in Boise. Left Monday at around 8 pm the two of us for the 18 hours of driving, Got to 50 miles north of the LVMS drag strip , pulled over to sleep at 4 am waking at 6am only to drive 10 more hours to the gate and got checked in and parked. We came in contact with 6 staff all welcomed us as if we were friends for years. Next day we unload the four cars and made sure we are ready to race{ 2 dragsters , 1 S-10 prostock and my car. About midnight went to airport to pick up Chuck the owner of the rig one of the dragsters and S-10. Next morning I was up at 4 am walking the track, watching the sun come up and waiting. Buy this time I have sleep 2 hour on the road , 3 hours the next 2 nights...LOL As Thursday comes we do 2 time hits and my car is real slow, round one I'm ,within .006 at the light but the car slows again by 2 hun. I and going over while watching Chuck go to the final and runner up. Donnie come over and finds the problem distributor gear wasted , luck if it make one more hit, I burn some food and drink some cool ones. Next day after another 3 hours of sleep we get one time hit the car picks up 5 tens !!!! The car has never been this fast 10.290 at 129.98 mph, first round comes { I have no history in the books for this} weather shows it will slow I dial 10.31 goes 10.272 I breaking out large on the brakes taking a .0112 stripe. Donnie has just been pull up to the wrong guys and Chuck is lost in the semi. Two days in and I'm a 1st round runner up twice. day next weather rolls in 90% time hit ok I get a win with a .013 light his was a .029. Now the car is hot no fan or pump working, find out switch panel is fried Chuck runs the same one and has a spare but is in the middle of the same round Chuck and Donnie are R&R the dragster tranny and converter as he wins but only has high gear. WOW great timing WOW...We both make next round go .001 red on my dial with a three. Chucks car goes straight to 8400 as this new converter lets go spinning the splines , pull and change again... Next day I add five in box and time hit go .004 with another fast hit of 10.286 at 4,790 DA , First round and the car pushed thru the lights when the SLE goes to wide open, I go …. .753 red , dragster next to me has a great .155 light...OMG Chuck comes in at tie for third after leading by 2 rounds and loosing in the semi and our drinking buddy Dan Lafferty goes around us winning the last day. What a great place, had a great time......